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L. PIGNANELL M 1o, 1932.

ay SHOE Re. 18,461

Y 2 Sheets-Sheet l Orlglnal Filed Aug. 1'7. 1926 I NVENToR ag/Hyfzanell/ Mm ATTORN EY L. PIGNANELLI May l0, 1932. SHOE Original Filed Aug. 17, 1926 l t lNvENToR i Lwgl Pagfzcmel/J ATTORNEY-Y Reissued May 10, 1932 UNITED LUIGI PIGNANELLI, OF TACOMA, WASHINGTON SHOE Original No. 1,682,184, dated August 28, 1928, Serial No..129,703, filed August 17, 1926.

reissue filed ctcber 17, 1931.

This invention relates to shoes and, more especially, to that class known as turned shoes.

The object of my invention, generally l stated, is to provide a light weight shoe which will retain its shape, be more comfortable to Wear, stronger, and more durable than hitherto.

More specific Objects and advantages of 1'10 the invention will appear in the following description.

The invention consists in the novel shape of the vamp portion of a shoe upper, the provision lof a most advantageous manner of coupling free edges of the same, and in connecting the edge-coupled upper to the shoe sole.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a plan view of parts of a turned shoe embodying my improvements, the slice upper being illustrated as lasted and sewed to the sole; Figure 2 is a similar view with the flaps of the upper joined together above the sole; Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view on line 3 3 of Figure 1; Figure 4 is a trans- 5 verse sectional view on line 4 4 of Figure 2; Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the shoe illustrated in Figures 2 and 4 as it appears when turned right side out; Figure 6 is a fragmentary sectional view of a shoe turned right side out, wherein the meet ing ends of the uppers flaps are shown as scarfed with respect to each other; Figure 7 is a transverse sectional view of a welt shoe embodying the invention; Figure 8 is an expanded view of an upper shaped according to the present invention; and Figure 9 is a view similar to Figure 6 showing the invention as employed with a vamp.

In carrying out the invention, a shoe upper, as 10, is shaped to provide in a single piece two complementary flap elements 11 and 111 extending from opposite sides of a vamp portion 101 of a full upper (Figure 8) or of a vamp upper 102, as shown in Figure 9.

Longitudinally of the upper said iiaps are disposed in proximity to its toe end 12 and of a width to extend to the rear of the ball part of the shoe.

Transversely of the upper, said iiaps are of '50 lengths to enable them, when the upper is Application for Serial No. 569,451.

lasted, to have their free ends joined together ati or in proximity to, the midwidth of the so e.

In applying my invention to a turned shoe, the shoe sole 13, after being shaped and'chanc neled, is temporarily secured by means of tacks to a last 14 withthe grain side ofthe leather, or the surface which-is to serve vas the bottom, next the last as usual with a turned shoe. ,My -improved upper as 10 v(or 102, E60 Figure 9) is then placed, Wrong side out, about the last to have the edges of the upper overlap the edge of the sole 13 and to which it is sewed,fthe stitches being idicated by 16 and 161 extending across'those part-s of the `L upper proper (Figures 1 and 3) from which the flaps protrude. The flaps are then turned down uponthe sole to have their free ends meet or nearly so.

In Figures 2 and 4 the outer or free ends of '10 the flaps areshown-in side by side relation and, thus arranged, are coupled together,

preferably by mea-ns of' flexible strips 18'and 181 which are glued or cemented to the under and upper surfaces, respectively, of the'v flaps. '.1'5 A strip which is found to be-suitablefor joining the flaps is afforded by what is known as Vadhesive tape-that is'to say, a fabric strip having an adhesive material applied to one surface thereof.

In practice'the iaps front and rear edges are chamfered as at 20 and 201 to eliminate sharp corners; andthe edges vof the aps to which the joining'strips are applied are advantageously chamfered, as at 23, t0 compen- :'85 sate for the thickness of said strips.

In Figure' 6 thelaps are shown as joined without the use of strips,fby 'elongating the iaps, transversely of the'shoe and cementing, as at 19, the overlappingchamfered portions of the flaps together.

After the upper has been sewed to the sole and the flaps secured to Yeach other,'as above explain-ed, the last 14 is taken out. Thelshoe is then turned right sidefout and the last reinserted preparatory to hammering or otherwise bringing the shoe into proper form.

In Figure 7 Ivillustrate the invention as applied to azwelt shoe, wherein 24represents the weltl which isssewedas by'y stitches 162=to 0U i the aps 11, 111, or to the vam 101 proper in proximity to the respective aps, the sole 25 being sewed in the usual manner to said Welt. Beside the sewing of an upper by stitches 16 and 161 to the shoe sole it may be further secured by cementing the flaps directly to the sole.

According to my invention a shoe is provided with a bridge piece, see Figures 5, 6 and 7 constituted of the uppers companion flaps 11 and 111 which are joined together and extend across the sole at the ball thereof and serve as a tie to couple the opposite sides of the vamp together supplementary to their sewed connection 161 with the sole. It is to be noted that in the present invention, the

being shaped to provide complementary ap elements adapted to overlie the shoe sole, and means for adhesiv-ely coupling the free ends of said flap elements.

6. In a shoe, a sole, an upper shaped to provide in a single piece with the vamp a flap projecting laterally therefrom and turned inwardly above the sol-e, and means adhesively coupling said laterally projecting flap with the opposite edge of the upper across the ball portion of the sole.

Signed at Portland, Oregon, this 24th day of September, 1931.

LUIGI PIGNANELLI.

flap elements 11 and 111 are not sewed or Y i otherwise secured to the vamp of the upper, but are integral therewith-that is to say, an upper, or vamp, is shaped of a single piece to afford the flaps.

By such construction dependence is not had upon the strength of the stitches to hold the flaps to the upper. Moreover, flaps coextensive with the vamp at the ball obviates f the presence of ridges which would chate or ployed to afford a lightweight shoe which is j especially desirable with womenfs Wear.

What I claim is:

1. In a shoe`,a sole, an upper, said upper being shaped to provide two complementary flap elements disposed in spaced apart relation with respect to both ends of the upper,

and adhesive tape for securing the free ends of the flaps together, said upper being secured to the sole.

2. An upper for a shoe providing flap elements projecting laterally from' each side of the vamp, the outer edges of said i'laps being chamfered for the application of a strip of adhesive tape over the same in connecting said flaps together.

3. An upper for a shoe providing flap elements projecting laterally from each side of the vamp, the outer edges of said flaps being chamfered, and means for adhesively connecting said chamfered edges to couple the flaps together.

4. In a shoe, a sole, an upper, said upper being shaped to provide complementary Hap elements adapted to overlie the shoe sole, and

an adhesively coated ligament for connecting the free ends of said flap elements.

5. In a shoe, a sole, an upper, said upper 

